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Amen: Father Mike’s field hospital
“Some focus on a specific issue, Father Bialek said of Father Mike Orchik. “He wants to help all people, regardless of their situation.”
Happiness isn’t everything (Part Two)
The other day I wrote a piece on happiness, on how transient and subjective it is, and how it therefore makes a poor measure for determining the worth of a thing. (In that case, I was mostly referring to the ‘thing’ of reproductive technologies – efforts that aim to
Amen: Can Big Brother make you virtuous?
A government can’t make its citizens virtuous by bribing them or threatening them with punishment.
Pro-Lifers need to talk about it all
With the recent attention to both the March for Women and the March for Life, I’m noticing an upswing in the chatter over what pro-lifers really stand for. The typical criticism goes something like: “You people only care about babies until they’re born!” or “You’re not pro-life, you’re pro-fetus!”This is
Books on mice are twice as nice as having houses full of mice: children’s books about mice
We have a mouse—or maybe we have mice—scampering through our house in broad daylight, without a care in the world, happy as can be. The traps are apparently no trouble to avoid, the treats in the traps are apparently not appealing at all, and every day I am able to
There’s a mouse in the house—and there’s a Catholic saint who can help with that
There’s a mouse in the house—and there’s a Catholic saint who can help with that
Mother Teresa’s Story Speaks To Millennials Like Me
Mother Teresa’s sainthood doesn’t come as a surprise, but the story of her inner conflict might.
Amen: Holy Ghost Power
If one of the features the Review publishes in the coming year moves you or your neighbor to give even more, it will fulfill its purpose.
What are you thankful for?
The Catholic Review traveled across the Archdiocese of Baltimore to ask parishioners, students, alumni and religious one question: What are you thankful for?
After invective, what do we do?
Now that the election is over, let’s agree to disagree and do it with civility and respect for others.